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Fake flooding impacts consideredArtificial flooding may be a water-efficient way to irrigate dry landscapes but scientists warn it is not a solution for all problems and the ecological impact needs more thorough monitoring.http://phys.org/news325148718.html
EarthMon, 21 Jul 2014 08:30:01 ESTnews325148718Farmers want water 'banked' for future droughtsAustralian farmers want excess water from large floods to be 'banked' in aquifers, for use in dry times.http://phys.org/news288252094.html
EarthMon, 20 May 2013 07:05:29 ESTnews288252094Australia urged to 'bank' its waterAustralia should prepare now for dry times ahead by 'banking' its water underground when rainfall is plentiful, according to an important new scientific study.http://phys.org/news273231864.html
EarthTue, 27 Nov 2012 10:30:01 ESTnews273231864World's rivers running on empty, paper finds(Phys.org)—Four of the world's great rivers, including the Murray Darling, are all suffering from drastically reduced flows as a direct result of water extraction, according to new ANU research.http://phys.org/news273136269.html
EarthMon, 26 Nov 2012 07:11:18 ESTnews273136269Damage to farms minimal under Basin planFor the first time, scientists at UNSW have investigated the likely impact of planned environmental flows on farmlands and nature reserves around the Murray-Darling Basin.http://phys.org/news270284278.html
EarthWed, 24 Oct 2012 07:58:13 ESTnews270284278The pros and cons of trading water: A case study in AustraliaWater is a commodity, and water rights can be freely traded in an open market. Proponents of the free market approach argue that it leads to the most efficient allocation of water resources, as it would for any other commodity. However, unlike some commodities, water is critical for human life, for many human activities, and for environmental resources. When such an essential commodity becomes scarce, as frequently happens in Australia, a land prone to sudden and dramatic droughts, severe problems can occur quickly. In Australia's Murray Darling Basin, the country's largest agricultural region, the government had historically controlled the distribution of water rights. However, under these controls, a selected few controlled a large share of the water. To resolve this problem of overallocation, a free market approach was put in place in the early 1990s.http://phys.org/news268315487.html
EarthMon, 01 Oct 2012 13:05:22 ESTnews268315487Six 'megatrends' that will change the way we liveHumanity will find new ways to do more with less, climate change will have a far-reaching impact, and personal experiences will trump products according to CSIRO's latest global megatrends report.http://phys.org/news266054265.html
EarthWed, 05 Sep 2012 08:57:57 ESTnews266054265A genetic lift puts perch back in the swimFour species of freshwater native fish brought to the brink of extinction by drought are being re-released into the lower Murray wetlands, and thanks to Flinders University research, they have an improved chance of survival.http://phys.org/news239966781.html
BiologyTue, 08 Nov 2011 09:26:28 ESTnews239966781Dam risk to Murray-Darling wetlands may be underestimated(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer modelling used to develop the Murray-Darling Basin Plan may have significantly underestimated the effects of building dams and diverting water on the internationally listed Macquarie Marshes wetlands, according to a new study.http://phys.org/news226667320.html
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